Black Talon Battledress

BARD PAPER: VERA5018

Black Talon Special Forces Strike Battledress

The weapons are fully detatchable, and servicable separately. The 4.3cm PGMP has an additional chamber for firing lower power TL10 rounds, thus making logistics easier. In fact, all ammo can be replaced by a TL10 world. The TL10 PGMP is rather weak, but still more powerful than most sniper rifles. The best long range weapon is definitely the six packs. With a maximum effective range of 800m, these are extremely fast, and capable of opening up even the heaviest Battledress. They are also capable of badly damaging the surface elements on spacecraft, and lightly armored vehicles can be easily destroyed by them. The PGMP while packing more "oompfh" also carries a lot less ammo. And since the higher TL ammo cannot be replaced, it is used sparingly. However, the lower power TL10 ammo is used rather frequently, as a reload is only Cr300. The laser in thin atmospheres is a fairly capable anti-infantry weapon, however the designator, and jammer must both be off to use the laser. The Needler is probably the weakest weapon, however due to its nearly unlimited cheap ammo, it is the most used weapon. Short ranged, medium damage to unarmored targets, this gun is just vicious. However, the jammer, and designator must be off, and the HEPlaR operating at a max of 310kph in order to fire the weapon.

The claws are for the more "quiet disposal methods" that Special Forces agents prefer. The siren on the other hand is merely a fun trademark. As the Talons swoop in, the siren lets out a piercing screech. Cliched but oh well. Lastly, the suit can be refueled by any starship or vehicle carrying LHyd, and it can carry an additional 12.728kg without incurring any weight penalty to agility or initiative. Also, since the weapons are modular, many times the Black Talons will drop the expensive Fusion Gun for more cargo capacity. In EVA the Eagles are typically transported by the Nighthawk BattleTaxi (which I haven't designed yet), and are fitted with O2 tanks. Also, the lighter HEPlaR pack is often replaced by a heavier version which is discarded once the ship has been boarded.

Black Talon Special Forces Strike Battledress

General Data

Tech Level: 12

Armor Value: 12

Initiative Penalty: Initive-0, Agility-0

Armor Mass: kg.

Endurance: 24 Hours.

Armor Price: 136,558 Cr

Power: 19 kW Fuel Cell

Fuel: ??

Standard Equipment:

WSV Goggles

3km Laser Designator

EMM

2.5km Area Jammer

Siren

3Km Radio

0.13G Heplar Propulsion system Gturns 3.2 G-hours
Max Speed: 400kph
Max NOE: 40kph
Combat move: 6/56

Integral Weapons:

Weapon Stats:

Starstreak

Starfire TL-10/12 4.3cm PGMP
Mass: 8.4kg empty/21.65kg loaded
Price:Cr5040
Ammo Price: 15/211 (TL12) 30/361 (TL10)
TL10 .3Mj 16 1-2-10 Mag:10 Blk:5 Recoil:7 SR:55m
TL12 .6Mj 23 1-2-10 Mag:10 Blk:5 Recoil:10 SR:80m

2x10mm Needler Gauss Rifle
L:73.4cm
Mass: 4.189kg empty/6.079kg loaded
Price: Cr1100.4 empty/Cr1138 (full load of dart ammor)
Ammo: .063g, Cr00125 (for dart) each
Muzzle Velocity:5810 m/s
Muzzle Energy:1063.3 J
Bulk:4
2mm Gauss Dart 2 1-nil Blk:4 Mag:30000C SS:2 Burst:5 SR:16m
2mm Gauss HE 3 nil Blk:4 Mag:30000C SS:2 Busrt:5 SR:12m
2mm Gauss HEAP 3 2-2-2 Blk:4 Mag:30000C SS:2 Busrt:5 SR:12m
2mm Gauss Tranq -1 nil Blk:4 Mag:30000C SS:2 Busrt:5 SR:10m

5cm NovaStar Laser
Price:Cr1785.1
Mass:6.171kg
Ruggedized
Vaccuum Trace VThin Thin Standard Dense Exotic
S-S-S-S S-S-S-S S-S-S-M S-S-M-M S-M-L-L M-L-E-W(50) W-0-0-0(10)
.05Mj Pulse

Notes:

24kg left over for cargo and extra equipment. The suit as listed only weighs 396 kg, which leaves 24 kg for extra equipment. Note the armor as a whole is TL-10, but the the fuel cell, and 7mm ACR could be made on TL 7 and TL9 (respectively) worlds.